Landscape Site Supervisor

Equine Care SpecialistThis role requires a combination of animal care, facility maintenance, team management, and customer service skills to ensure the smooth operation of the stable and the well-being of the animals.Hours: M-F, 7-4pm (additional weekend hours as needed)Rate of Pay $21-$25/hrLocation: Hampton, VAPosition Responsibilities:Assist with the feeding, cleaning, and supplement schedules for all animalsDaily exercise of horses and other animalsHold horses for veterinary care and farrier servicesMaintain a clean and organized stable area, including regular facility upkeepGroom and bathe animals as required to ensure proper care and hygieneMonitor horses for health, soundness, and overall well-beingAssist with breeding and foaling activitiesProvide support for handling and managing problem animalsManage and oversee a team to ensure high-quality standards are consistently metTake a proactive approach to managing daily operations within the scope of authorityMaintain excellent internal and external customer relations, fostering a customer-centric environmentIdentify issues and act as a solution provider to resolve challengesPerform other related duties as assigned to support the operation of the facilityPosition Qualifications/Skills: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE: Must have prior experience and demonstrated knowledge of equine care.CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS: None needed.REASONING ABILITY - Ability to apply commonsense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions: to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations. Ability to learn basic principles and techniques. Also, the ability to perceive identification numbers marked on material: to read and understand numbers and volumes.PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here represent those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle or feel, and reach with arms and hands. The employee is required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.The employee is occasionally required to talk or hear. The employee must lift/move up to 50 pounds. The employee is required to work in various temperatures from hot to cold. Specific vision abilities required include close vision, ability to adjust focus, and distance vision acuity to operate mobile equipment.WORK ENVIRONMENT: Exposure to a wide variety of inside and outside conditions working in the outdoors with animals. Exposure to dust from horses bedding made of wood shavings and dust from hay. Gloves and other protective equipment required for specific maintenance duties.